Official contacts
Numbers you can trust, in one place, so you never have to search for one while worried.
Last reviewed 28 August 2026
National numbers
1930 National Cyber Crime Helpline
The number to call when money has been taken. Free, and it operates in Hindi and English.
155260 Cyber financial fraud reporting (older number)
The predecessor to 1930. Some material still lists it; 1930 is the current number.
112 National emergency number
Police, fire and ambulance. Not for reporting a scam message.
The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal is at cybercrime.gov.in. Type it yourself rather than following a link, including from here.
Bank and operator helplines
Sender headers
What a genuine message from each looks like in your message list. Check one on the sender checker.
- State Bank of India
SBIINB, SBIBNK, SBIPSG, ATMSBI, SBICRD - HDFC Bank
HDFCBK, HDFCBN, HDFCSL - ICICI Bank
ICICIB, ICICIT, ICICIP - Axis Bank
AXISBK, AXISBN - Kotak Mahindra Bank
KOTAKB, KMBLNK - Punjab National Bank
PNBSMS, PNBBNK - Bank of Baroda
BOBTXN, BOBSMS - Canara Bank
CANBNK - Union Bank of India
UNIONB - IDFC FIRST Bank
IDFCFB - YES Bank
YESBNK - IndusInd Bank
INDUSB - Federal Bank
FEDBNK - IDBI Bank
IDBIBK - Paytm
PAYTMB, PYTMPB - PhonePe
PHONPE - Amazon Pay
AMAZON, AMZNIN - Reliance Jio
JIOTBH, RJIOTB - Airtel
AIRTEL, AIRINF - Vodafone Idea
VODAFN, VFCARE, VIDEAI - BSNL
BSNLIN, BSNLOF - IRCTC
IRCTCI, IRCTDR - UIDAI (Aadhaar)
UIDAI, AADHAR - EPFO
EPFOHO - Income Tax Department
ITDEPT, ITDCPC